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Principal Group Engineering Manager

Microsoft· Software Engineering
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HyderabadFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Lead Planner engineering within the TEX organization at Microsoft IDC, delivering AI-powered task/project management, collaboration, and related services ( Planner, Visio, integrates with Teams, Loop, Purview). Responsible for engineering roadmap, architecture, and execution for mission-critical services with a team of 100+ engineers across GEMs, Engineering Managers, and Principal ICs.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with product, design, and stakeholders to define and execute the engineering strategy and product vision for AI-powered project management and collaboration experiences.
  • Own the technical roadmap and system architecture for critical Experiences and services, ensuring scalability, resilience, cost efficiency, and compliance at enterprise scale.
  • Create and drive a culture of engineering excellence, establishing best practices for secure, high-quality, and maintainable code, including rigorous design and code reviews for high-impact services.
  • Establish planning and execution rhythms that enable predictable delivery, effective dependency management, and successful global launches.
  • Champion CI/CD automation, telemetry, and observability to enable zero-touch deployments and solid live-site health across services.
  • Set strategy for security hardening, privacy, accessibility, and AI safety, including threat modeling and enforcement of security and compliance invariants.
  • Balance short-term operational needs with long-term platform and architecture investments, especially in response to Sev1/Sev2 incidents and reliability challenges.
  • Drive a solid culture of live-site excellence, proactive monitoring, and automated mitigation across distributed systems.
  • Build, develop, and retain high-performing engineering leaders and teams through coaching, mentoring, and career development.
  • Foster an inclusive and innovative organization that partners effectively across geographies and engages with CVPs and senior leadership to shape global outcomes.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
  • OR equivalent experience.

Skills

Required:Engineering leadershipDistributed systemsCloud services design and operation
Nice to have:AI/GenAI integration
Last updated Aug 13, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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